The Gangster Couple - Highschool Life

𝐂𝐇𝐀𝐏𝐓𝐄𝐑 𝐓𝐖𝐄𝐍𝐓𝐘-𝐅𝐎𝐔𝐑: 𝐆𝐀𝐌𝐁𝐋𝐄

-MIKHAELA GARCIA’S POINT OF VIEW-

Sa totoo lang, ang party kagabi ay hindi naman talaga ganoon ka sama. There were tons of foods, at bawat isa sa mga pagkaing iyon ay nagustuhan ko ng labis.
I went to my locker para kumuha ng bagong panulat, yesterday, my pen just went out of ink.
Hinawakan ko ang handle ng pinto ng locker at bubuksan na sana ito ng biglang may pamilyar na postura ang tumabi saaking gilid.
When I faced my left- muntikan na akong mabulunan!
“Mikhaela.” Bigkas nito sa pangalan ko.
“YOU. Ano sa tingin mo ang pagmumukha ko? Ba’t mo ba ako pinunta rito?!”
Sa Vander Middle High kami nag-aaral noon, but when we broke up and went to highshool, tuluyan na kaming nag-separate. But, TELL ME WHY THE HELL IS HE HERE FOR ME!?
“I figure, your face is still cute like back then. I came here, to make things up between us. Mag-usap muna tayo.” Nate said at hinawakan ang kamay ko.
I stepped back at inalis naman ang kamay nya.
Hah. Kapal lang ata ng mukha nya para makapag salita ng ‘TO MAKE THINGS UP BETWEEN US’ when he’s the one WHO RUINED THE THINGS BETWEEN US!
“Oh, I see. Siguro ay ang dumadaloy sa utak mo ngayon is ako pa rin yung Mikhaela na pag-aari mo noon, too bad, Nate, we could’ve been merrier if you came to me TWO YEARS earlier, Late ka na masyado.” Naiinis ako sa pagmumukha nya, sa posture nya ngayon! His face always looked so calm kahit galit na galit na ako, kahit parang binabagyo na ang kalooban ko, nakakainis sya!
“I was caught up with some things last two years kaya pasensya ka na kung hindi kita hinabol when you left. You aren’t the Mikhaela I know anymore, but, you’re candle is still kindled, and I’ll continue on following you until the very day- your fire’s blown out.”
“That was so interesting, namangha ako dahil ginawa mo na akong apoy. Pero, for your information, I don’t give a shit for whatever happened to your -past-two-years-whatsoever. Atsaka, excuse me.”
Sinadya kong buksan ang locker ko ng malakas para sanang matamaan sya sa pinto, but to my surprise, a white liquid fell from above and it soaked Nate!
Napahinto ang mga estudyante na nasa paligid at Nagulat din sila sa nangyari.
“You know, we don’t have to go through these things again, Mikhaela.” Malamig na saad ni Nate.
H-He’s MAD?!
“Hindi ako ang may gawa nyan.” Simple kong sabi at nilibot ang aking paningin.
Nakita ko naman agad sina Kiella sa isang sulok and they were pushing each other.
“No! No! That damn bitch!”
“The paint was supposed to fall on her! Nakakainis!”
“Never mind that Keyce, go apologize to that hot newbie!”
“Hey! It’s not my fault! Hindi naman ako ang gumawa ng plano eh!”
“You’re being stubborn, Hon. Go apologize!”
Kiella? So her plan was to humiliate me at gawin akong katawa-tawa?
Nate took the bucket off his head at inabutan ko naman ito ng panyo. Wala naman akong magagawa, he’s a newbie at mukhang bad start na ang entrance nya sa paaralang ito.
“Nothing to see here!” Sigaw ko sa mga estudyante. Nag-alanganin naman ang iba but they managed to walk away.
“You’re a dead rat kapag sayo tumama ang pintura.” Saad ni Nate at pinunasan ang mukha nya.
His head was covered with white paint, pati na rin ang mga balikat nito.
“Tch, I’m lucky dahil sayo tumama ang pintura.”
No one’s laughing at Nate at halos lahat ng nakikita kong dumadaan na babae ay gusto ring mag-abot ng panyo. Yes, Nate is always been a prince and that was the main reason why I fell for him during my immature months.
Hindi naman katagalan ay lumapit si Keycee saamin habang nakayuko.
“P-pasensya na po..” Mababa ang tono nya and she was gripping the edge of her skirt tightly.
“I’m fine.” Saad ni Nate sakanya.
“Of course you are.” Sabi ko rin.
“Tsaka, Keycee, pagsabihan mo si Kiella, her plan will never work on me.” Madiin kong sabi sa babae and she immediately ran away.
“You have an enemy?”
“So? Tsk, mapintura ka pa, I don’t like the smell of paints. Go home at maligo ka na rin.” Sabi ko rito, but he immediately held my wrist.
“Show me the way to the restroom, may extra akong damit na dinala.” Aniya.
Tsk! Napaka confident nya!
“Ayoko nga- how dare you touched me! Napinturahan tuloy ako!” binawi ko ang kamay ko mula sakanya at minasdan ang kamay ko na may pintura na basa. The smell is aching my head!
“You’re gonna wash, right? Let’s go.” Sabi pa ni Nate at hinila na ako sa magkabilang kamay!
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Nasa public wash area kami kasi puno na ang bagong wash area, The Main wash area was full- pero eto naman ay walang tao! Impossible!
Nasa full na ang tap at kasalukuyan ko nang kinikiskis ang kamay ko sa kuko ko dahil parang nanigas na yung paint, bwiset kasi na Nate!
I turned around at mumurahin ko na sana sya ng nagbibihis pala ito!
Fudge! When was the last time I saw him doing that!?
“There’s a stall, dun ka magbihis!” Sabi ko rito.
“Wala namang tao ah.”
“Nandito ako.” Sabi ko.
“Tch. You’re used to it.” Aniya and I immediately turned around.
Nakakainis sya! Hindi nya ba talaga kino-consider ang break up namin?!
“S-siguro nga, pero malay mo, baka bugbugin ka ng boyfriend ko.”
“Boyfriend? Kurt huh?”
Tinakpan ko ang aking bibig at pinigilang mabilaokan. JAMES!? Inakala nya ba talaga na si James na ang bago kong boyfriend!?
“So what if it’s him?”
“Hm.. Awful.” Komento nito.
Teka, payag lang sya dun?!
“He’s not awful as you think he is, kung tutuusin, you’re the awful one.”
I’m only using James as a patch in this conversation, it’s true that James is awful as well.
Pero para saakin, nasa likod ko pa talaga ngayon ang pinaka awful na tao, at hindi ko pa rin maisip kung bakit kinayanan nya pang ipakita muli ang mukha nya saakin.
It was probably two years ago when we were still dating peacefully, pero lahat iyon ay nasira dahil lang din sakanya, he cheated on me and I witnessed it with my naked eyes, kitang kita ko ang bawat detalye at bawat galaw niya when he was with that girl on his room, they were performing something so awful yet tempting- something na mismo di ko pa kayang gawin kahit maging si Nate pa man ito.
Naringgan ko naman ang bluff ni Nate mula sa likuran.
“You don’t know him. But if you will- you’d rather be on my side for sure.”
“Don’t say such thing as if kilala mo ako. Dalawang taon na tayong hindi nagkita, Nate. You think this damn Mikhaela is still fresh as a plucked fruit? Well, dyan ka nagkakamali. Kilala ko ang mga kinakaharap ko, maging demonyo pa man iyan o anghel.”
Your Mikhaela is rotten at wala ka nang makikita pa na anggulo nya mula saakin. Itataya mo lang ang buhay mo kay Minerva kapag lumapit ka pa ng husto.

{{-Not all FOUND things can be the same as you LEFT them.}}

Uupo na sana ako sa upuan ko nang tinigilan ako ni James.
“Don’t sit there.” Aniya.
“Why? Ano bang problema mo sa upuan ko?”
Hindi nito sinagot ang tanong ko and he was just giving me a serious look.
“Burahin mo nga yang ekspresyon sa mukha mo, para ka namang nakakita ng masamang bagay.” Sabi ko sakanya at umupo na.
But when I sat down… I felt something wet in the chair itself..
“Don’t blame me for anything.” Huling komento ni James at humarap na sa whiteboard.
Sinilip ko naman agad ang aking palda and there was a purplish stain on it! Pag-check ko rin sa upuan, may kulay pula na likido rin naman doon!
“J-james! Who the hell did this!?” Bulong ko sakanya.
“Dunnow,” sagot nito.
Arghhh!! Nakakainis!
“Something wrong?” Biglang saad ni Gabriel mula sa likuran namin.
Bwiset! I cant stand like this, mapapahiya lang ako sa klase!
“W-wala,” sagot ko kay Gabriel, tumango naman din ito.
“Imposibleng hindi mo alam! You noticed it yourself!” Bulong ko pa kay James.
“Napansin ko nga, pero hindi din naman alam kung san yan nanggaling.” Simple nitong sagot.
Nakakainis sya, walang kwenta talaga!
I looked to my left at napansin na wala ang presenysa ni Jeremy. Absent?
ON A TIME LIKE THIS?!
“I hate to say this, but.. Lend me a hand, will you?” sabi ko kay James.
“No.”
Inikot ko naman ang tingin ko sa room at hindi ko mahanap si Abby! Where the hell are they when I need them?!
“I’ll do one thing you want, please?” I tried to make my voice sweeter but I’ll only sound like a bitch, kaya wala namang emosyon ang paghihingi ko sakanya ng tulong.
“Deal. Use this,” Saad agad ni James at inabot saakin ang gray nya na hood.
Kinuha ko ito and I immediately tied it around my waist.
James took some tissue at pinunasan ang upuan ko, when it was already clean, bumalik na ako sa upuan at makaka-relax na sana muli nang Naramdaman ko ang madilim na pagtitig ni James saakin!
“Y-yes?”
“Gamble with me.”
Tututulan ko pa sana sya ng pumasok na ang History teacher namin na si Sir Raymond.
// -'- T G C -‘- \\
“What shall we bet?” Tanong ni James as he shifts the cards on his hand.
“You mean ‘HOW MUCH’? Queens, kayo na magdecide.” Sabi ko.
Umabante naman si Shane and I felt her presence beside me,
“5 thousand.” Protesta ni Shane.
“5 Thousand lang? Why not make it 20!” Saad pa ni CJ.
“You’re not the one to decide, Cj. Your damn leader just asked me.” Sabi ko agad sa lalake.
5 thousand.. kaya ko ‘yan.
“I asked for WHAT. That simply means, we’re not betting any money, I don’t need a cash, neither do you. Will you allow me to choose what we shall bet?” Malamig na litanya ni James.
“Ayaw mo naman pala ng pera eh, o sige.” Sagot ko agad.
Phewh, atleast umalis na yung burden sa pera.
“My Bet for you is Lucifer. If you win this, you’ll get to own him and order him around.” James said with a grin. HA?!
“H-hoy, that’s a huge bet.” Sabi ni CJ sakanya.
“You’re not sure with that, Kurt, aren’t you?”
“Oh sure I am, Josh. I’m dying to see the results.”
Rinig ko naman ang pabulong-bulong na conversation nina abby mula sa likuran.
“Queen, we should take it.” Na-eexcite na saad ni Abby.
“Of course, abbigail.” Nanginginig na rin ang mga paa ko dahil sa saya. Si Lucifer?
Pag-aari ko? That’s more than what Minerva ever wished to have in this world!
“Well then, drop your bet.”
“Your bet is big enough to reach my heart’s desires, in that case, itataya ko ang QUEEN at JOKER. Minerva, and Mikhaela. Will that make you happy?” James smirked at bakas na bakas sa mukha nito ang pagka-aliw.
“Q-Queen, d-don’t do that!”
“We can’t afford this, what if matalo tayo?!”
“You don’t have to doubt me so much, Abbigail. Manood nalang kayo please.” And yes, I am confident to win this damn gamble.
“Ivan, you choose the game.” Utos ni James kay Ivan but he was staring at me with those creepy smiles on his face.
“Two contestants will be playing a game of cards called ‘RANKER THE KILLER’. I don’t need to thorough explain every depts of details about the Game, madali lang ito maintindihan. Each player should exchange their deck of cards and shift them to their own likings, pagkatapos ay ibalik na ito sa may-ari.
When the game starts, a player will place a card in the center, and another player will place a card- the deck will have to be turned over, so you cant look at your cards unless you place them in the center.
You cant place anything other than the first card you can touch, this goes on until all cards in each deck are completely finished.
The players will retrieve their last piece and compare the value of the cards, the player who has the highest value of card will be the killer and the lowest card will be the loser.
So the game plays by how you shift the deck of your enemy’s cards, I see. Mas madali lang pala ito kaysa inaasahan ko.
“That’s it?! That’s some pathetic game!” Reklamo ni Evelyn.
“Madali lang masyado, dayain mo nalang yung deck ng kalaban mo.” Saad rin ni Abby.
“Similar Value of last cards is a tie, and the tie means the end of the game without a winner.” Saad ni Ivan at hindi pinansin ang dalawa.
Nagsipalitan na kami ni James ng cards and the evil inside me is laughing so hard.
Pero napaisip rin ako, will James do the same thing running in my mind?
Whatever it is, pero hindi ako magpapatalo.
I Checked every cards and I made sure na nasa first ang Ace nya, the next one is the King and so on, nilagay ko naman sa pinaka huli ang card na may halaga ng isang Spade.
Ibinalik na namin ang cards at ibinali ko na ang paghawak sa sariling kong deck.
Ano kaya ang inilagay ni James sa panghuli ko?
Nauna akong naglagay ng cards at kumalog ng malakas ang dibdib ko, the first card I placed was the QUEEN!
Naglagay na rin si James and- it was the Ace, gaya ng pag-ayos ko rito.
James was focused on the game and I started to hope higher, I’m pretty sure magiging tie ito or either, I’m the winner!
“Queen.” Saad ni James at ipinakita ang card na nilagay nya.
“Ace.” I placed my card.
ACE?! Bwiset, Nagulat ako dun ah! Whatever the hell did he place on my last card?!
“Ahh! I can’t watch anymore!” rinig kong saad ni Evelyn.
We placed cards hanggang tatlo nalang ang naiwan, the last-third I placed has a value of 2 diamonds, tatlong spade naman ang kay James.
I placed another card and it was my King!
Shet! Sa last sana nya iyon nilagay!
James placed a card with 2 spade, gaya ng nilagay ko.
To think of it, I already placed the Spade, the clover and the diamond which has a 1. So ibig sabihin- AKO NA ANG PANALO?!
James placed his last card at spade iyon na number one.
When I placed mine… It was a spade na may sampung numero!
“I Won!”
Napasigaw ako dahil sa gulat! Damnit! I actually won!
Napasigaw rin naman sina Abby mula sa likod.
I stood up at pagsasabihan sana si James, pero nakayuko ito, and I could feel an intense aura around him.
He rose his head at binigyan ako ng nakakatakot na smirk, then out of the blue, he placed another card which says ‘KING’.
“What the hell?”
“In each deck, there are 20 cards. I only gave you 19 of mines.” Sabi ni James.
“That’s cheating!”
Hindi maaari… he’s cheating! Bawal iyon sa laro!
“in Gambling, we preffer not to make the word ‘CHEATING’ exist.” Komento ni Ivan.
“You guys are bullshit!”
“I knew you weren’t playing fair!”
“Queen, recall your bet. Ako nalang itaya mo.” Saad ni Shane and her eyes were full of concerns.
“In a table full of chips, and the first player won and was about to take the 2nd player’s chips, but the second player insisted to give the winner his own accessories. Will that make the whole thing called a ‘GAME’?” saad ni Ivan and it was obvious na si Shane ang tinatamaan nya.
“It wont. But this gamble isn’t fun! That damn Lucifer thinks of so many ways to take away our Queen!” sigaw ni Shane kay Ivan.
Ahh, shit. I really messed up.
“This is fun, Hemera. Your Mikhaela, is messed up. She’s the one who asked me in the first place.” Nakangiting saad ni James.
“Q-queen.. what does he mean?”
“Oo, I was the reason. I asked him to lend me a hand and in exchange I’ll let him ask me to do one thing he wants, at ito na iyon.”
“N-no.. This is not fair!”
Napatawa naman ng malakas si James and his evil laugh echoed around, nasa bodega kami.
“What do you lowly bitches think I’ll do to your Queen once I’ll get my hands on her?” Ani James.
Pag nagtatanong sya ng ganyan, mas lalo pa akong natatakot!
“You’re a devil, Lucifer. The worst thing you’ll do? You’ll take her away from us at sisirain mo ang gang namin!” Ani Abby.
Now that Abby mentioned it, it actually does felt worst than getting myself lost to Lucifer and James.
Tumayo si James mula sa upuan at ibinulsa nya ang mga kamay nya.
“I wont destroy your gang. Are you insane?” seryosong saad ni James.
“H-ha?”
“If Queens are gone, who will be the slaves of the Kings?” malamig na tanong ni James.
Nakakabuwiset ang bunganga ng loko.
But I felt relieved knowing he wouldn’t destroy us.
“You have whores and bitches, asshole.”